FXUS61 KILN 050825 AFDILN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 425 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS KENTUCKY TODAY. THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN MONDAY AND EXTEND ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... SHOWERS CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. APPEARS THAT THE MORE PERSISTENT SHOWERS WERE FINALLY STARTING TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST WHICH WOULD JUST LEAVE SOME LIGHT SCATTERED ACTIVITY. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS KENTUCKY CANNOT RULE OUT SOME REDEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING. BUT DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO BE TOO SIGNIFICANT. SHOWERS SHOULD COME TO AN END BY AROUND MIDDAY. LOW CLOUDS WILL BE PERSISTENT WITH CLEARING WORKING IN FROM THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL HOLD DOWN TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH. GUIDANCE COMPROMISE DID NOT LOOK TOO BAD. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN THROUGH THE PERIOD. A WEAK TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES MAY GENERATE SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. BUT ANYTHING THAT DOES OCCUR SHOULD STAY NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT ON TUESDAY SHOULD STAY WELL NORTHWEST OF THE REGION AS WELL. DID NOT VARY TOO MUCH FROM GUIDANCE HIGHS. BUT LEANED TOWARDS WARMER NUMBERS FOR LOWS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... 00Z GFS SEEMS TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK PROBLEMS WHICH BRING A SYSTEM THROUGH WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE LEAST LIKELY SOLUTION. 00Z GFS ENSEMBLE REMAINS IN LINE WITH THE 00Z ECMWF AND CANADIAN HEMISPHERIC. THESE MODELS SHOW HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY TRANSLATING ACROSS THE REGION. THERE ARE SOME INCREASING DISCREPANCIES IN REGARDS TO A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE AREA AT THE END OF THE WEEK. AT THIS POINT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL EXPERIENCE A WARMING TREND FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. BUT THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST SOME DROP OFF ON SATURDAY DEPENDING ON THE EXACT SPEED OF THE FRONT. && .AVIATION /08Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... LIGHT RAINFALL IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING EAST WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION...MAINLY THE CINCINNATI TAF SITES...FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THOUGH THE RAIN HAS BROKEN UP AND BECOME MORE SHOWERY...IT HAS LEFT MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN ITS WAKE FOR PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE REGION. DEGRADED AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY AT KCVG/KLUK...WHERE TEMPO GROUPS FOR IFR WILL COME INTO EFFECT...AS UPSTREAM CONDITIONS AND MODEL FORECASTS SUPPORT FURTHER DEGRADING OF CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. SHOWERS AND MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES MAY HANG AROUND AT CINCINNATI FOR A WHILE AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. BY AFTERNOON...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF FOG OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...BUT THIS IS CURRENTLY TOO FAR OUT TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN. OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && $$ SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...HATZOS